Jungle tours Iquitos

In
the Amazon lives the largest freshwater fish of the world called paiche
(arapaima gigas) who can grow up to 2.50 m. This is also the only place
where we can find the fresh water dolphin in the colors gray and pink.
There are about 30,000 types of plants that grow in the Amazon shore, as
well as 4,000 different species of butterflies and 2,000 different kinds
of fish (more than those found in the Atlantic Ocean). Besides 4,000
species of birds, 150 species of reptiles and 361 species of mammals.

APU tour offer 3 different jungle programs in Iquitos:

Itinerary 4 Day Jungle Program

Day 1

Welcome in the Iquitos airport and transport
to the port.

Sail three hours by the Amazon River using a speed boat.

Warm welcome in Muyuna Lodge , accommodation in the bungalows.

Receive a notebook where you can identify the animals you will see
later.

Lunch.

Brief hiking the surroundings to look for medicinal plants.

By canoe visit the Corrientillo lake and fish for piranhas while
you enjoy a greenest sunset in your life.

Return to the lodge and have dinner.

Nocturnal ride to look for caimans (amazon alligators).

Day 2

Walk behind the lodge to Tahuayo river, main low forest, to observe
animals in their own habitat (monkeys, sloth, insects). The rides could
last 7 hours depending on the physical state of the passengers.

Lunch in the lodge.

In the evening, depending how long was the trek, visit to the lakes
(Sapote, Corriente, Tipashiro, Bufeo, Huito, etc). Where we can find a
great variety of ornamental fish, piranhas, sardines, etc.

Itinerary 5 Day Jungle Program

Receive a notebook where you can identify the animals you will see
later.

Lunch.

Brief hiking the surroundings to look for medicinal plants.

By canoe visit the Corrientillo lake and fish for piranhas while
you enjoy a greenest sunset in your life.

Return to the lodge and have dinner.

Nocturnal ride to look for caimans (amazon alligators).

Day 2

Walk behind the lodge to Tahuayo river, main low forest, to observe
animals in their own habitat (monkeys, sloth, insects). The rides could
last 7 hours depending on the physical state of the passengers.

Lunch in the lodge.

In the evening, depending how long was the trek, visit to the lakes
(Sapote, Corriente, Tipashiro, Bufeo, Huito, etc). Where we can find a
great variety of ornamental fish, piranhas, sardines, etc.

Dinner at the lodge.

Take a ride for seeing nocturnal toads and big frogs.

Day 3

After breakfast, using a small boat go lagoon to lagoon till the
end of the Yanayacu river, stopping for a while to walk to look for
mammals and aquatic plants.

Lunch outdoor.

Swim in any lagoon at the midday.

Visit to San Juan de Yanayacu village where you will see the
difference between the lifestyle of the jungle people and us.

Day 4

Return to the Amazon river and cross it to the other shore for
walking to look the marked difference between low and high jungle.

Lunch outdoor.

Enjoy white sand beaches formed in the shore of the river (July to
February).

Swim in the famous Amazon River.

Dinner at the lodge.

Day 5

Early in the morning (6:00 am) you will be waken up by the whistle
of hundreds of birds, we will go out at that hour and see them.

Take breakfast in the lodge.

Canoeing or walking to the "Pungal" to observe the hoatzin (famous
bird, they look prehistoric because they have three hooks in their
wings middle articulation).

Itinerary 6 Day Jungle Program

Receive a notebook where you can identify the animals you will see
later.

Lunch.

Brief hiking the surroundings to look for medicinal plants.

By canoe visit the Corrientillo lake and fish for piranhas while
you enjoy a greenest sunset in your life.

Return to the lodge and have dinner.

Nocturnal ride to look for caimans (amazon alligators).

Day 2

Walk behind the lodge to Tahuayo river, main low forest, to observe
animals in their own habitat (monkeys, sloth, insects). The rides could
last 7 hours depending on the physical state of the passengers.

Lunch in the lodge.

In the evening, depending how long was the trek, visit to the lakes
(Sapote, Corriente, Tipashiro, Bufeo, Huito, etc). Where we can find a
great variety of ornamental fish, piranhas, sardines, etc.

Dinner at the lodge.

Take a ride for seeing nocturnal toads and big frogs.

Day 3

After breakfast, using a small boat go lagoon to lagoon till the
end of the Yanayacu river, stopping for a while to walk to look for
mammals and aquatic plants.

Lunch outdoor.

Swim in any lagoon at the midday.

Visit to San Juan de Yanayacu village where you will see the
difference between the lifestyle of the jungle people and us.

Day 4

Return to the Amazon river and cross it to the other shore for
walking to look the marked difference between low and high jungle.

Lunch outdoor.

Enjoy white sand beaches formed in the shore of the river (July to
February).

Swim in the famous Amazon River.

Dinner at the lodge.

Day 5

Early in the morning, you will take the fish from the net you set
last night, and receive with

surprise the immense variety of fish.

For breakfast, cook Iquitos typical dish that consist in banana and
the fish enveloped by a leaf.

Short walk around the area.

Take lunch in the lodge.

Relax in the lodge, where you can play volley, cards, read, or to
just spend time in the hammock.

Nocturnal canoe to look for frogs.

Day 6

Early in the morning (6:00 am) you will be waken up by the whistle
of hundreds of birds, we will go out at that hour and see them.

Take breakfast in the lodge.

Canoeing or walking to the "Pungal" to observe the hoatzin (famous
bird, they look prehistoric because they have three hooks in their
wings middle articulation).